Down and dirty: New mud race draws thousands
It was less than two months before race day when Joshua Bare got the bad news: the owner of the Ruckersville-area property where Bare had planned to hold his upcoming Mud Warrior mud race was backing out. "He kicked me off his property," exclaims Bare. "There was no reason given."
April 5th, 2012 issue #1114
News
Allied wall lines: Concrete company readies with Redi-Rock
After just a couple of days, a planned display area for bulk materials at Allied Concrete has already made a visible impact on Harris Street. The retaining walls are going ...
When we photographed General Robert E. Lee two years ago at tulip time, that picture was taken on April 20. This year, General Lee's tulips are at peak April 2, lending so...
Hoodie-clad man stands his ground
Jim Simcoe took to the Downtown Mall to protest the death of Trayvon Martin– and the notion that freedom means no accountability. He cites Florida's stand-your-ground...
Innocent kid? Davis clemency petition inches toward governor
While Michael Hash recently was freed after a judge's ruling of police and prosecutorial misconduct, another Central Virginian controversially convicted as a teen remains i...
The Board of Architectural Review will decide at its next meeting, Tuesday, April 17, whether a new hedge of laurel at the Haven, the downtown day shelter, can remain. (An ...
Refenestration: Old Cola-Cola plant invites the light
For the first time in decades, natural light will flow into the former Coca-Cola bottling plant on Preston Avenue, as the new owner has ordered a tear-out of the brick pane...
Saved for denims: Once threatened, store space revived in steel
Related stories • #9 dreams: Invasion of the super towers • Woodard buildings finally getting a facelift
Scooter strike: Injury as two-wheeler collides with car on Water Street
A quiet morning on the Downtown Mall was shattered Tuesday by the sound of a metal-on-metal crash that could be heard four blocks down Water Street, as a man driving a larg...
Foreboding sky over the Tuckahoe
With River Road's Tuckahoe condominium in the background under a stormy sky in later March, two boys walk through the Country Club of Virginia. (The longtime manager of Far..
Texas tragedy: Missing toddler found dead near home
Update Saturday, March 31: "It is with extremely heavy hearts that we have to report that little Devon Davis’ body was located Saturday in a lake near his home," re...
This DJ Kook sticker was spotted on the corner of Ridge and West Main– it reminds us of something.
The Dish
Andale! Tasty Mex take-out in Belmont Market
Since last fall, there's been a hole-in-the-wall (literally!) Mexican take-out joint in the back of the Belmont Market that's been serving up spicy fish tacos, burritos, an...
Fresh Market: Upscale grocer wants Circuit City spot
Just two weeks after the artery-clogging opening of Cook-Out, word comes that another Greensboro-based food company plans to shake up Charlottesville.
Savory spheres: Interior work begins at One Meatball Place
Prior stories • Concrete move: Market Annex work begins on Main St. • High on the Skybar
Essays
Excuses, excuses: Still fair to call farmers environmentalists?
By Michael Akey.“Farmers are the original environmentalists.”
Real Estate - On the Block
Short 18th: Woolen Mills bungalow long on potential
Facetime
Beautiful kill: UVA doc takes aim at deadliest cancer
Glioma is the most common and deadly kind of brain cancer. Each year, 10,000 Americans are diagnosed, and only half survive beyond a year. Only a quarter after two years. B...
Letters
I don't know Ric Barrick, but from all the reports I have read and heard, I have to say that the continued efforts by Rob Schilling to disparage this man truly represe...
